A Bit of Lip Love

It is going to be an exciting year for me with the arrival of my third baby, and all the craziness that comes with a newborn. In the meantime, however, I am getting used to my rather large baby bump, and investing heavily in things that make me feel good. At the moment, that seems to be lipsticks that add a bit of colour to my knackered face. A good red lippie makes me feel great and is also something that will also work post pregnancy. My red lipstick make up bag staple was a lovely red Chanel Lotus Rouge coloured lipstick – that was until the peeps at Chanel kindly decided to discontinue it. It was the perfect colour – subtle enough to work during the day, and strong enough to take me through the night. Now it was gone, what was I going to do?!

When I first found out that the lipstick had been discontinued, I attempted to sparingly eek out those last remaining bits in the tube, only to discover that my lotus love had found its way out of its well guarded home and had decorated both the kids’ delightful cherub faces and also my treasured Missoni print chair! This mishap made me more determined to find a colour similar to my Lotus Rouge and I was on a mission. And everyone knows not to get in the way of a pregnant mama on a mission.

As luck would have it, in the end I didn’t have to spend any time shopping around the make up halls in town testing out lots of lipstick shades. I was working on a photo shoot with the brilliant make up artist Jo Bull recently, and discovered a new replacement for my now obsolete Lotus Rouge. When a make up artist recommends a product, you know its going to be good. Oh, how pleased I was to discover this little pot of plenty, and it actually looked better than my previous love.

I have always loved Aveda for their hair products and skin care, and I had never, until now, tried their makeup, and I must say, I am impressed. The Smoothing Lip Colour in Rare Orchid is the perfect colour – it is a creamy, full coverage lip colour made from plant waxes and fruit butter, and not only moisturises and plumps, but also smooths the appearance of fine lines…. and who couldn’t do with a little help in that department?! Multi tasking lipsticks are the future and this lippie even smells and tastes good, with peppermint, ginger and vanilla… all lovely smells to a heavily pregnant, ravenous mama.

Other colours I also found that I liked, which were quite similar, and are great alternative options:

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We are Jessica and Caroline. Models, Mums, Friends. We have gone from modelling and living together in New York , to having five children between us, hopping between playgrounds, soft play, castings and shoots. Our quest to juggle it all (and not give up our horseriding obsession) has led us to set up NotSuchAModelMum together, a fashion, beauty and parenting blog with friendship at the heart.